e leading him a lively dance,
dealing him many knocks and blows with their fists. After the noise
had subsided, this witness asked what the matter was; and some soldiers
whom he does not know told him that they had the order mentioned in the
said head of the process, and that the said Don Pedro had entered clad
as a religious of St. Francis. This witness knows nothing else, nor
what soldiers were at the gate; for, as he has but recently arrived,
he knows no one. He declared this to be the truth, on the oath that
he has taken, and affirmed and ratified it, and declared that he is
fifty years old and competent to be a witness. He did not affix his
signature, as he could not write. The said auditor-general signed it.

Licentiate Manuel Simrez de Olivera

Before me:
Juan Soriano

In the city of Manila, on the said day, November twenty-one, one
thousand six hundred and thirty-five, the said auditor-general caused
Pedro Gutierrez, a soldier of the company of the master-of-camp, to
appear before him for the said proof. I, the present notary, received
from him the oath in due form of law, before God our Lord and with the
sign of the cross; and under that obligation he promised to tell the
truth. Being questioned, in accordance with the head of the process,
he declared that what he knows and what passes is as follows: On
this the said day, after nightfall, and while the witness was on
guard with the corporal, Alferez Don Francisco de Rivera, at the
gate of Santo Domingo of this said city; at that time there were two
Dominican religious outside the gate and two others on the inside--lay
brothers of the said order; and at the same time a small champan, with
three other religious of St. Francis, arrived. Having disembarked,
they asked for a jug of water; and answer was given them to enter the
city and drink. While they were entering the city by the said gate,
the said alferez and corporal thought that one of the said Franciscans
was walking somewhat as if he wished to be unknown. Recognizing him, he
began to call out to the guard and to lay hold of the Franciscan. The
witness, having hastened, saw many religious who were fighting the
said corporal and the other soldiers with their fists. They did that
with this witness, for they gave him many blows and tore his jerkin
and shirt from him, showering many insulting words upon this witness
and the others. At this juncture he heard the said corporal say that
Don Pedro de Monrroy